News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg will be reliably protected from cruise missiles and drones. The 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army has created a unique mobile air defense regiment. The new military unit is fully armed with anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S".

The GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut" two-link tracked floating snowmobiles of high cross-country capability were put into service with the tank formation of the Eastern Military District. This is reported by the press service of the VVO.

Deliveries of the ordered 737 MAX are suspended due to certification, which is hampered by the pandemic

Russian airlines this year risk being left without previously ordered 27 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, whose operation around the world was suspended due to two disasters. This "Izvestia" said sources in the sector.

Dassault Aviation announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of 12 Rafale fighters of the latest F3R standard for the French Armed Forces. The document was signed by Eric Trappier, the company's Chief Executive Officer, and Florence Parly, the French Minister of the Armed Forces.

[b]The Director General of Roscosmos added that Russia will not participate in any race to the Moon until it understands "the meaning of the prize fund".]

The Russian lunar program is several times cheaper than the American one, but it will bring no less results to science, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin is convinced.

A major military-political scandal is being discussed in Poland. The Winter 2020 staff exercise, in which several thousand officers took part, ended in spectacular disgrace. The simulation showed that in just five days, the war on the eastern flank of the country (the border with Russia and Belarus) was lost, and the Polish army ceased to exist.

The supersonic Su-34 fighter-bomber performed loops with a right-angle turn, "barrels", "cubes" and slides at altitudes of 200 meters. The corresponding video on YouTube was published by "Zvezda".

The Urals and Siberia will close the field of electronic interference. The latest Polye-21 systems are deployed in the Urals and Siberia. They will become a barrier to satellite navigation systems, and will also prevent drone flights, cruise missile strikes and other high-precision weapons.

The development of the infrastructure of remote landfills is one of the most important tasks set by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.

The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of Russia "Admiral Makarov" together with the calculations of the coastal anti-ship complexes "Bastion" conducted an exercise to destroy the enemy ship, the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has completed the assembly of the last two of the 272 Su-30MKI multi-role fighters ordered for the Indian Air Force.

The Russian-made T-80U continues to be actively used in the land forces of South Korea. In a recently released video, armored vehicles conducted training duels with K1E1 manufactured by the military industry of this state.

The US Navy has begun analyzing possible alternatives to the modern MH-60R/Seahawk deck helicopters and the MQ-8B/C FireScout unmanned aerial vehicles. According to Vertical Mag, the life of the Seahawk and FireScout will expire in the 2030s. The military is considering joining the US Army's FVL tender.

The corvette "Stoyky" and the medium sea tanker "Kola", which are on a long trip, pass through the Suez Canal and make the transition through the Red Sea.

The detachment of ships left the main base of the Baltic Fleet in Baltiysk on December 16 to perform tasks as part of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Dmitry Litovkin-about new artillery reconnaissance complexes and modern trends in the development of the armed forces

The new 1B75 "Penicillin" intelligence complex has entered service. The system is able to record acoustic and thermal signals from shots and bursts of artillery shells, giving out the exact coordinates of the location of enemy guns. Data about them is plotted on an electronic map, after which our guns deliver an accurate blow to the enemy.

[b]The expansion of cooperation between the US Department of Defense and NASA is connected with the need to counteract "the challenges that Russia and China are throwing at the United States," the newspaper notes.]

In the future, the US Department of Defense may protect NASA bases on the Moon, as well as the operations of private mining companies on its surface. This was reported on Monday by The Wall Street Journal, citing knowledgeable sources in the government and in the space industry.

The United Engine Corporation (UEC) has started testing the VK-650V engine, which is planned to be installed on light helicopters such as the Ka-226T and Ansat-U, Rostec reported.

Two-thirds of the American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters are unable to perform their tasks - for example, to take to the air-due to constant problems with both the power plant and the airframe. In addition, the operation of the aircraft was four times more expensive than the combat F-16.

About six units of ships and vessels will receive the Black Sea Fleet, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy Alexander Vitko. The composition of the Russian Navy this year is planned to be replenished with more than 40 ships and vessels.

On January 29, 2021, the third universal landing ship of Project 075 under construction for the PLA Navy was removed from the dry construction dock of the Chinese shipbuilding enterprise Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group (part of the Shanghai Shipbuilding Association of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation China Shipbuilding State Corporation - CSSC) in Shanghai and towed to the completion wall for completion.